Rope-tie



' (No Model.)

J. P. HISLEY.

ROPE TIE. 5

Patented Mar. 3, 1896.

WITNESSES:

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llOlIN P. IIISLEY, OF SYRACUSE, NE\V YORK.

ROPE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,770, dated March 3,1896.

A li ation fil d November 6,1895. Serial No. 568,106. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN P. HISLEY, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Rope-Ties, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide simple, inexpensive, durableand safe devices for conveniently and expeditiously tying and untyin gropes; and to that end the invention consists in the novel constructionof a metallic tie, as hereinafter described, and set forth in theclaims.

The invention is fully illustrated in the an.- nexed drawings, in whichFigures 1 and 2 are side views, taken at right angles to each other, ofa rope-tie embodying my invention and showing the same attached to arope. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of said rope-tie, taken 011 lineX X.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Myimproved rope-tie is formed in one piece of malleable iron or othersuitable malleable metal. It consists essentially of the main orpermanent attaching-shank a, and the ropegrip 1) extending from saidshank. The detail construction of said component parts is as follows:

The shank a is formed with fingers c c, which project laterally fromopposite sides of the shank, and the spur d projecting from the shankbetween said fingers. Said fingers are concaved 011 their inner sides toform jaws c c for gripping the rope to which the shank is to befastened. The attachment of the said shank to the end portion of a roper is effected in the following manner, to wit: Said end portion of therope is laid lengthwise upon the side of the shank from which the spurcl projects. This spur is made to pierce the rope, so as to allow therope to lie closely to the shank. Then the fingers c c are bent overonto the aforesaid portion of the rope, so as to firmly embrace thesame, and in conjunction withthe spur cl permanently fasten the embracedportion of the rope to the shank. From one end of the shank a extendsthe axially-prolonged spiral tongue b for the attachment of anothersection of rope 1', which passes longitudinally through the tongue andis intertwined therewith. The internal diameter of the spiral of thetongue is sufficiently smaller than the diameter of the rope and thespaces bet-ween the helices of the aforesaid spiral are wider than thediameter of the rope to allow the latter to be bent into said spaces bythe pressure of the spiral tongue against the opposite sides of therope, and thus cause the tongue and rope to be sufficiently intertwinedto torsion the embraced portion of the rope into spiral shape. Thespiral tongue 1) obtains thereby such a firm grip on the rope as toeffectually prevent the latter from being withdrawn from the tongue byany direct draft on the rope. At the same time said spiral tongue allowsthe rope to be easily detached, when desired, by drawing the ropelaterally out of the end of the spiral and then winding it around theexterior of the tongue.

To reinforce the hold of the tongue on the rope the end of the shank (0adjacent to the tongue I) is formed with a lug Z, which is disposedtransversely to the axis of the spiral tongue, and is thus opposed tothe direct passage of the rope from the end of the spiral tongue andexerts additional torsional strain on the tied portion of the rope.

It is obvious that my described rope-tie is applicable to rope traces ofharnesses, as well as to rope halters, cattle-ties, hammock-hangers, andnumerous other purposes.

Referring to the drawings, 0 0 represent fish hooks having their shanksa formed with a spiral tongue'b. d is the sinker provided 011 each endwith a similar spiral tongue, and e is the float, also provided on eachend with a spiral tongue. It is by means of these tongues that saidhooks, sinker and float are attached to the fish-line c substantially inthe same manner as the rope is attached, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

The spiral tongues b on the ends of the float e are wound in the samedirection in or der that said float may be readily shifted along on theline 6, while the tongues on the sinker are wound in oppositedirections, thereby securing a firm hold on the line 6. Said parts canbe easily detached in the same manner as the aforesaid rope is detachedby merely unwinding the line 6 from the spiral tongues l) I).

hat I claim as my invention is- 1. A rope-tie formed in one piece ofmalleable metal and consisting of an attachingshank receiving a sectionof rope, an axiallyprolonged spiral tongue extending from said shank andtightly embracing another section of rope, and a lug projecting from theshank adjacent to said tongue and transversely to the axis thereof totorsion the rope at the end embraced portion into spiral shape, and alug projecting from the shank adjacent to the spiral tongue andtransversely to the axis thereof substantially as set forth and shown.

The combination of the shank a provided with the rope-gripping fingers ca formed concave on their inner sides, the spur (Z projecting from theshank between said fingers, the spiral tongue Z) extending from theshank and the lug Z projecting from the shank adj acent to the aforesaidtongue and transverse to the axes thereof, all formed in one piece ofmalleable metal substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 19th day ofOctober, 1895.

JOHN P. I-IISLEY. [L. s] \Vitn esses:

J. J. LAMS, M. A. LEYDEN.

